CAMP PENDLETON  A public open house at the newly built $456 million Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton is scheduled from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Nov. 15. Construction was completed last month on the 500,000 square foot, four-floor facility, which was the Navy’s biggest project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Free tours of the state-of-art facility, which includes 60 inpatient beds and more than 200 exam rooms along with 100 outpatient procedure rooms, will be given throughout the day. Hospital staff will talk about the services they plan to provide to an expected 70,000 Marines and families along with area veterans.

The hospital is set to open in December with transition from the old hospital planned from Dec. 2-15.

Construction on the hospital started three years ago in December and was completed six months ahead of schedule.

Civilian visitors coming on base should bring a valid driver’s license, proof of insurance and vehicle registration for the driver and a valid ID for all passengers.